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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson reacted angrily after Portsmouth dumped the Premiership champions out of the cup, pointing the finger at referee Martin Atkinson.
Fergie felt that Man Utd deserved a penalty when Cristiano Ronaldo went down in the area.
Ferguson told MUTV: "It's absolutely ridiculous. I cannot explain it.
"Managers get sacked because of things like that and he's going to referee a game next week."
"The game was decided by the decision not to give us a penalty.
"They had great confidence to hang on knowing the referee was on their side.
"Lassana Diarra had eight or nine fouls in the match. It's incredible. I've got to agree with Arsene Wenger. Someone is going to get a serious injury in our game. He's had one himself with Eduardo.
"It's not a nice thing to talk about, but the treatment Ronaldo is getting I'm worried about him.
"Keith Hackett is in a nice, comfortable position and does nothing really. I don't think he makes a contribution to the referees' performances in our country.
"That should be addressed. He's not doing his job properly.
"That guy (Atkinson) will go and referee next week no problem. You see his favourites always get the games and that's disappointing."
Written by majicka
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